About a month ago, after seeing that post, I would probably have said to myself: "what kind of jackass goes out of there way to discuss buying a new laptop?
Today, after seeing that post, I said to myself: "yeah, FedEx is too damn slow."
What changed? Why, I bought a MacBookPro of course.:)
If I was to tunnel into your computer and open word pad (using, say, VNC for example) I could "chat with you".
From your perspective, WP opens and words just begin "typing themselves" into the box. Kinda a fun trick to play on gamers who talk shit in forums, but not really all that useful.
Actively chatting with a sysadmin? Uh...no. No sysadmin is going to that accept a convo in word pad is anything but some lucky script kiddie up to no good. Even some MCSE bozo would know better.
I for one am getting sick and tired of various nutjobs, scoundrels and losers latching onto the "energy conspiracy" bandwagon in order to justify stupidity.
I've never met a hacker unable to grab an image- be it from cache or screenshot. This guy is full of shit, and looking for sympathy. Period.
However: despite these loons, there *is* a very real "energy conspiracy". And guess what? It doesn't involve alien races or secret technology, it involves PLANTS (ya know, grow from dirt, rather cheap and eco-friendly).
Biodiesel. Hemp. There ARE solutions. There ARE forces holding back progress.
And every time a fool like this "latches on" to "the cause" it hurts the credibility of some wonderful people who are are trying against all odds to save us from ourselves.
Seriously, what is Open Source Hardware, if it's not just a sorry misuse of a buzzword?
Valid point, but please don't let that detract from the benefits of this. As a part-time "tinkerer" myself, I for one am happy to know that not *everyone* in this world is patent-obsessed.
After all, how can we stand on the shoulders of giants when those same giants keep stepping on the little guy?
From TFA: The scientists believe the technique can also measure snowfall, hail or fog [...] The data is a by-product of mobile network operators' need to monitor signal strength [...] If bad weather causes a signal to drop, an automatic system analysing the data boosts the signal to make sure that people can still use their mobile phones.
I follow the logic- except for one catch: how can researchers tell if the signal strength is reduced by rain OR snow OR hail (etc)?
In other words, bad weather = signal strength affected. Got it. But how do we go from that to distinguishing which form of bad weather caused the signal loss?
Zap here, coming at you live from my new MacBookPro. This is my first Apple PC since my Apple II circa '85. I went for Boot Camp hook line and sinker because I figured it would be a good chance to try OSX and a few linux distros.
The "problem" is, OSX is by far the best OS I have ever used (I'm not a gamer). My only regret is that I wasted so many years using inferior Dells and convincing muyself that it was *my* fault Windows was crap.
Surely by now, even the most naive of you understand that each/. post about you results in a dozen links to places a user like *me* could go get "free" media from your artists.
Surely by now, federal law enforcement has come to accept that prosecuting every case of US-based piracy is absolutley futile. If you think you have a hard time paying bills now, just imagine the cost of keeping 15,000,000 music-stealing college students in jail!
Surely by now, even the most tyrannical policy makers understand that college students barely afford Romen noodles and beer. They can assign all the random fees and fines they like, but as the old axiom goes, you can't get blood from a stone(r).
Surely by now, this psuedo-police state realizes it has fucked itself, shot itself in the foot. Don't we all understand that, at this point, its just a matter of time until the "Nintendo Generation" steps up and tosses these animals out? How exactly did they expect to support this orwellian grid without "we the sheeple" running the backend anyway?
That said, here is my question:
What's the point, RIAA? No, really, what's the point?
Not only have they been picking on Apple, but they have also been coming after my fav Internet radio station (3wk.com) this week.
I know the RIAA is pure evil and all, but why *now*? Call me a conspiracy nut, but it looks to me like they have realy been going apeshit (even moreso than usual) lately.
What is Google supposed to do, weed out any advertisers that seem like they might be using the ads in a non-standard way?
Yes.
See, if Google is going to cancel my account without reason, I can say to myself "well, its annoying, but at least I can take solice in the fact that Google is attempting to protect the quality of their service."
But when they turn around and do shit like this, that argument falls appart.
Of course the bug may be in FF itself. But I didn't upgrade anything, install anything, or change anything. In my experience, such *phantom* bugs are usually the result of *something else* upgrading my system and changing things.
Just tossing it out there. Guess it was just me...
I for one expect that the competition between IE and the Google-backed FF is only going to increase in the months to come. I am torn. I can't help but approve of this, simply because it will diminish the market share of IE further. On the other hand, as others have mentioned, being harassed leads to resistance; the project might backfire.
Note: my anti-IE bias is based soley on being a web developer. MS has been fighting the interweb from day one, and IE is all the proof you'll ever need of this.
Related: a few days ago, my XP Home box started acting very strange: whenever I typed anything into a form in FF, it crashed. IE, Opera both remained fine. Malware? ID10T?...or is Microsoft "fixing" things again?
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About a month ago, after seeing that post, I would probably have said to myself: "what kind of jackass goes out of there way to discuss buying a new laptop?
Today, after seeing that post, I said to myself: "yeah, FedEx is too damn slow."
What changed? Why, I bought a MacBookPro of course. :)
BEST. LAPTOP. EVER.
polygraph v. UFO nut...which do I believe?
hmmm...tough call.
If I was to tunnel into your computer and open word pad (using, say, VNC for example) I could "chat with you".
From your perspective, WP opens and words just begin "typing themselves" into the box. Kinda a fun trick to play on gamers who talk shit in forums, but not really all that useful.
Actively chatting with a sysadmin? Uh...no. No sysadmin is going to that accept a convo in word pad is anything but some lucky script kiddie up to no good. Even some MCSE bozo would know better.
I for one am getting sick and tired of various nutjobs, scoundrels and losers latching onto the "energy conspiracy" bandwagon in order to justify stupidity.
I've never met a hacker unable to grab an image- be it from cache or screenshot. This guy is full of shit, and looking for sympathy. Period.
However: despite these loons, there *is* a very real "energy conspiracy". And guess what? It doesn't involve alien races or secret technology, it involves PLANTS (ya know, grow from dirt, rather cheap and eco-friendly).
Biodiesel. Hemp. There ARE solutions. There ARE forces holding back progress.
And every time a fool like this "latches on" to "the cause" it hurts the credibility of some wonderful people who are are trying against all odds to save us from ourselves.
throw_toy();
while(!toy_is_back())
cry_loud();
if (mom_leaves) {runsilent();}
}
Trust me. Robot or not, its the oldest trick in the book.
Seriously, what is Open Source Hardware, if it's not just a sorry misuse of a buzzword?
Valid point, but please don't let that detract from the benefits of this. As a part-time "tinkerer" myself, I for one am happy to know that not *everyone* in this world is patent-obsessed.
After all, how can we stand on the shoulders of giants when those same giants keep stepping on the little guy?
If you are still reading this thread, 2 quick Q's:
Which school?
and
Would you recommend it?
(B.S. shopping for grad schools)
From TFA: The scientists believe the technique can also measure snowfall, hail or fog [...] The data is a by-product of mobile network operators' need to monitor signal strength [...] If bad weather causes a signal to drop, an automatic system analysing the data boosts the signal to make sure that people can still use their mobile phones.
I follow the logic- except for one catch: how can researchers tell if the signal strength is reduced by rain OR snow OR hail (etc)?
In other words, bad weather = signal strength affected. Got it. But how do we go from that to distinguishing which form of bad weather caused the signal loss?
Zap here, coming at you live from my new MacBookPro. This is my first Apple PC since my Apple II circa '85. I went for Boot Camp hook line and sinker because I figured it would be a good chance to try OSX and a few linux distros.
The "problem" is, OSX is by far the best OS I have ever used (I'm not a gamer). My only regret is that I wasted so many years using inferior Dells and convincing muyself that it was *my* fault Windows was crap.
Mod parent funny, check the link.
I just saw "fatboy" and his hat and laughed so hard I almost pissed myself.
This is especially funny because I'm a dog person and normally hate "cute" stuff.
Please, my fellow revolutionaries- PATIENCE!
I promise you: give these fools enough rope and they will hang themselves. Give 'em a few more years and most of our work will be done for us.
Surely by now, even the most naive of you understand that each /. post about you results in a dozen links to places a user like *me* could go get "free" media from your artists.
Surely by now, federal law enforcement has come to accept that prosecuting every case of US-based piracy is absolutley futile. If you think you have a hard time paying bills now, just imagine the cost of keeping 15,000,000 music-stealing college students in jail!
Surely by now, even the most tyrannical policy makers understand that college students barely afford Romen noodles and beer. They can assign all the random fees and fines they like, but as the old axiom goes, you can't get blood from a stone(r).
Surely by now, this psuedo-police state realizes it has fucked itself, shot itself in the foot. Don't we all understand that, at this point, its just a matter of time until the "Nintendo Generation" steps up and tosses these animals out? How exactly did they expect to support this orwellian grid without "we the sheeple" running the backend anyway?
That said, here is my question:
What's the point, RIAA? No, really, what's the point?
Not only have they been picking on Apple, but they have also been coming after my fav Internet radio station (3wk.com) this week.
I know the RIAA is pure evil and all, but why *now*? Call me a conspiracy nut, but it looks to me like they have realy been going apeshit (even moreso than usual) lately.
The day I see the President of any political party fight aliens in a jet plane, I will pay double my taxes and adopt a family on welfare.
Let's not forget the accurate depiction of the social elements too.
For example: how many of you have checked under the mousepad for a password on a post-it?
What is Google supposed to do, weed out any advertisers that seem like they might be using the ads in a non-standard way?
Yes.
See, if Google is going to cancel my account without reason, I can say to myself "well, its annoying, but at least I can take solice in the fact that Google is attempting to protect the quality of their service."
But when they turn around and do shit like this, that argument falls appart.
Of course the bug may be in FF itself. But I didn't upgrade anything, install anything, or change anything. In my experience, such *phantom* bugs are usually the result of *something else* upgrading my system and changing things.
Just tossing it out there. Guess it was just me...
I for one expect that the competition between IE and the Google-backed FF is only going to increase in the months to come. I am torn. I can't help but approve of this, simply because it will diminish the market share of IE further. On the other hand, as others have mentioned, being harassed leads to resistance; the project might backfire.
Note: my anti-IE bias is based soley on being a web developer. MS has been fighting the interweb from day one, and IE is all the proof you'll ever need of this.
Related: a few days ago, my XP Home box started acting very strange: whenever I typed anything into a form in FF, it crashed. IE, Opera both remained fine. Malware? ID10T? ...or is Microsoft "fixing" things again?